"We all love Saratoga, for different reasons and through different experiences," Dalton said. "When we saw Jeannette was retiring we thought, what better way to make this interesting than to bring our own perspectives and strengths, using social media and attending different events."

The team approach, combined with their knowledge of the community, enthusiasm and immersion into social media, gave the Toga Tattlers the edge over the many candidates vying to succeed Saratogian social scene reporter Jeannette Jordan, who retired last year after 25 years.

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Photos and videos will be posted immediately from events on Twitter (@togatattlers), then added to Facebook and the TogaTattlers blog at www. saratogian.com/blogs/life.

For print, The Saratogian will cull from the online posts for stories and pictures that will appear weekly starting next Tuesday, and possibly more often when the summer season is in full swing. Readers are encouraged to submit details in advance of events, as well as photos and information about events the Toga Tattlers can't get to. The email is TogaTattlers@saratogian.com.

Here is a bit of background about the Toga Tattlers: Robin Dalton grew up in New York City and graduated from Cornell University in 2002. She worked on Capitol Hill in Washington before becoming a producer for 20th Century Fox. In 2008, she moved to Saratoga Springs and joined Roohan Realty.

She is on the Saratoga Hospital Foundation board and has done fundraising for Saratoga Sponsor a Scholar and Yaddo. She is an avid marathon runner and Ironman triathlete. She lives in Saratoga Springs with her husband, Matt, and their two young sons, John Matthew and Charlie, and their lab, Smushie.

Sage Cerone is a Saratoga native who returned to her roots and family after attending the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

"My chatty mouth used to be the source of my parents' grief, but it is now an asset. As a self-professed lover of all things Saratoga, I am ecstatic to be reporting on behalf of The Saratogian," Cerone said.

Tamara Valentine lives in Saratoga Springs with her two daughters and husband of more than 20 years. She followed a colorful path from Skidmore College to advertising in Manhattan, then back to the area in the late 1980s for a job with the Broadcast News Network. She has navigated her way into the world of nonprofits and headed up the educational development fund and the new member campaign at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Currently with Roohan Realty, she educates buyers and sellers on how to traverse the world of purchasing property.

Jenny Witte has been living in Saratoga for four years and is the mother of three children 5 and younger. She brings extensive local blogging expertise to the team as the founder and chief contributor of Mamatoga.com -- one of The Saratogian's Community Media Lab blogs.

She likes to spend her free time with horses, either watching them at the track or jumping them over fences herself.